CATALOG RECORD
Hero for Hire #3
first appearance of Gideon Mace
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Gideon Mace (Marvel) — first appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- October 1972
- On sale
- July 18, 1972
- Pages
- 36
Values
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Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
pencils: Billy Graham, George Tuskainks: Billy Grahamletters: Morrie Kuramoto, John Costanzascript: Archie Goodwin
Stories
- Mark of the Mace! · 20 pages
Cage thwarts the retired, renegade Colonel Mace from enacting a para-military disruption of NYC so that a robbery of Wall Street can be undertaken.
Publisher’s description
Luke Cage is visited by Owen Ridgley, a man who informs the Hero for Hire about a terrorist plot. Gideon Mace plans on blowing up each bridge and power station in Manhattan! His goal? To shake the very foundation of the United States! And Luke Cage is running out of time.
Characters
Luke CageGideon MaceCarol RidgelyOwen Ridgely
Reprinted in
Essential Luke Cage, Power Man (2005), Marvel Masterworks: Luke Cage, Hero for Hire (2015), Luke Cage Epic Collection (2020), Luke Cage Omnibus (2021)